Running a Marathon with Russ Cook in Tunisia

We have been following Russ Cook’s journey for almost a year now and are SO inspired by his life and story!

Episode 923 | Filmed April 2024 | Tunisia

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Who are Kara and Nate?!

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.

We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)

So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.

Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.

4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!

After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 9TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)

We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!

00:00 Who is Russ Cook?
03:09 Flying to Tunisia
08:22 The Last Marathon
25:46 Wake up call…
34:40 the finish line
38:00 Bloops

[jarredkarp]

Hey you two! Thank you for the amazing support and the kind words! I can’t believe you came all the way out to see us and Russ. You’re amazing. I’m the one who’s star struck, you guys shouldn’t be 🤣 I hope we can work together in future or meet up somewhere awesome!

[Harry_Gallimore]

Hey Guys thanks for coming out and being a part of the event. Really appreciate your support over the last year. What a beautiful video and congrats to Nate on running the marathon 💪🏻

[sjwee]

Honestly the way they talk about Russ and how star struck they were to meet him would be my reaction to meeting Kara and Nate… maybe with a bit more screaming and panicking 😂

[CucumberpatchAddict]

kara picking up a car full of random dudes on the way was so unexpected im wheezing, gosh what a sweet video

[LadyAnyaRose]

I love Kara just casually making friends along the way.

[yagmurtuna]

I love how like some guy decided to be the B-Roll guy for Kara like "Is nate taking the shots?" - Nate films someone holding a camera in the trunk of the car

[erikahoffman]

my first thing i want to mention: GREAT JOB FOR RUSS!!! and that’s amazing that y’all got to be part of it, and thank you so much for letting us all join too! secondly, i’m loving the posts lately. they have all been so much fun and its wonderful to hear that y’all are genuinely enjoying posting again🫶. third, kara, huge props to you for being in the support car. your energy makes these videos so entertaining. during this one, when it was the finish line and you were so happy for everyone i said “wow i love kara.” your energy is absolutely RADIANT. and to nate, HUGE props to you for running an ultramarathon with no prior training AND for giving yourself breaks when you needed them. lastly, all the cool clips jack got made this video NEXT LEVEL! i love that you guys can make friends everywhere you go. i also loved that the both of you made sure this was still about russ. thank you for this video, i absolutely loved it.

[HoagieHut]

Thank you for introducing Russ Cook to your audience! I'm gonna start on day 1 as soon as I'm done with this video. He deserves all the support in the world.

[Indigosoul]

I did not think it was going to impact me this way but I broke crying when he crossed the red ribbon line. What an accomplishment for Russ and how all the runners supported him on his last leg of the journey

[achrefwazzen]

As a Tunisian i waited for a video in Tunisia for years 😍🥰

[maryboggan]

My mother passed away recently. She fought a long battle with Alzhiemers. Yall are the first YouTube'ers I followed 4 years ago. I'm from Memphis as were my parents, they then retired in Kingsport, TN. Yall's videos have brought me so much joy and a diversion during all my difficult times. Thanks for bringing the joy to those who need it.

[oceansea]

The way Kara said “I think we’ve been pronouncing Tunisia wrong, I think its TuNiSiA.” 😂❤

[annecaunce]

Humbling, emotional, inspiring. I got goosebumps when he crossed the finish line. Russ should be publicly recognised by the King with an OBE at the very least for this truly incredible feat. A man, a myth, a legend. And congrats Nate for pushing through in the heat and making it to the end. Fantastic video and now I'm off to donate.

[kellyszymanowski]

Nate is amazing. I just started running and it's daunting to think about a marathon and Nate just flies to another country and does a marathon on day 2 after a one hour run prep. Phenomenal work guys, love how you live your lives. Champion attitudes

[armstrongcatherine]

Cannot imagine anything more cool that watching Kara and Nate run with the Hardest Geezer and support him so strongly. It is such a great mission for him to complete.

[immarissa]

It's strange to feel pride of two people I don't personally know, but every video I burst with it because Kara and Nate are just so tenacious and dedicated.

Edit: Congrats on yet another new country added to the ever growing list.

[JustOneQuestion]

As someone from the UK I know Russ from Geowizzard's kicking a football across England, he's an absolute beast and I love that K&N have been able to join in with his momentous achievement across Africa.

[kelliespradlin]

This video is one of the many reasons why I love you guys!! Not only do you support SO many other people but you always make a great video!! Even the ones I think aren't going to be the best, but I watch them all, so I will watch this one are AWESOME!! Congratulations to Russ and to Nate! ❤

[nidhalhammadi]

I'm Tunisian welcome to our country hope you like it...your re great guys ❤

[wendyrees]

Tears streaming down my face when Russ ran across the finish line . I did not know about this guy and I am British - where have I been ?? Russ is a legend in his own lifetime, and, as someone else put he definitely deserves an OBE. Kara and Nate, you just absolutely rock, you are my very favourite Chanel to watch, I see you have posted and I get so Your enthusiasm and utter joy in life makes your content such an absolute joy to watch .
Let’s get Russ to a million and beyond . ❤